A   And ^note Iosias helde the feast of Easter in Ierusalem vnto the Lorde, ∧ slewe þe; Passeouer the xiiii. daye of the fyrst moneth. He set the Prestes also in ordre (accordynge to theyr dayly courses) beyng arayed in l&obar;ge garm&ebar;tes in the t&ebar;ple of the Lord. And he spake vnto þe; Leuites þe; holy mynysters of Israel, þt; they shulde halowe them selues vnto þe; Lord, to set þe; holy arcke of the Lord, in the house þt; kyng Salomon the sonne of Dauid had buylded, and sayde. Ye shall no more beare þe; Arcke vpon youre shulders. Now serue youre Lorde, ∧ take þe; charge of hys people of Israel, after youre vyllages and youre trybes: accordynge as kynge Dauid þe; kynge of Israel, hath ordened, ∧ accordynge as Salomon hys sonne hath honorably prepared: ye, loke þe; yee al do seruyce in the temple, accordynge to the ordring ∧ distribucyon of þe; principall men which are appoynted out of þe; trybes, to do seruice for þe; chyldren of Israel. ^noteKyll the Passeouer, ∧ prepare offringes for your brethren, ∧ do accordynge to þe; c&obar;maundement of the Lord, which was geuen vnto Moses. And vnto þe; people þt; was fo&ubar;de Iosias gaue .xxx. thousande of shepe, lambes, kyddes, ∧ goates, ∧ thre thousande oxen. These the kynge (of his kyngly liberalite) gaue vnto the people, B   accordynge as he had promised: ∧ to þe; Prestes for þe; Passeouer, he gaue two M. shepe, ∧ an hundreth oxen. Moreouer, Iechonias, ∧ Semeias, ∧ Nathanael brethren, ∧ Hasabias, Iehiel, ∧ Iosabad gaue them to the Passeouer, fyue thousande shepe ∧ fyue hundred bullockes.

And when these thynges were brought to passe, þe; Prestes ∧ the Leuites stode goodly in theyr ordre, ∧ had the vnleuened bred thorow out þe; trybes. And after þe; ordryng of þe; principall men in the trybes, they offered vnto the Lorde in þe; syght of the people accordyng ^note as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses, ∧ so they rosted þe; Easter lambe as accordyng was. As for þe; th&abar;cke offrynges ∧ the other, they dyght them in kettels and pottes, ∧ set them before the people &wt; good wyll, ∧ afterwarde before them selues, and the Prestes. For þe; Preastes offred the fatt, vntyll þe; tyme was expyred, but þe; Leuites prepared for th&ebar;selues ∧ for theyr brethren the chyldren of Aaron. The holy syngers also þe; chyldren of Asaph stode in theyr ordre, accordyng as Dauid deuysed. So dyd Asaph Zachary ∧ Iduthun, whych were appoynted by þe; kynge. Moreouer þe; porters ∧ dore kepers stode by þe; dores ∧ þt; diligently, so þt; none went out of his st&abar;dynge ∧ seruice: for theyr brethren (þe; Leuites) prepared for them. C   Thus were all thynges perfourmed, that belonged to the offerynge of the Lorde. In þt; daye they helde the Passeouer, and offred thankofferynges besyde þe; sacrifyce of the Lorde, accordyng to the comaundement of kyng Iosias.

So the chyldren of Israel whych were then present helde an honorable Passeouer ∧ þe; feast of swete bread .vii. dayes l&obar;ge. Yee soch a Passeouer was not kepte in Israel, from þe; tyme of the Prophet Samuel. And all þe; kynges of Israel helde not soch an Easter, as this which kyng Iosias helde, ∧ the prestes, þe; Leuites, þe; Iewes ∧ all Israel, of all them þt; were at Ierusalem. And in the xviii. yere of þe; raygne of Iosias was this Passeouer kept. And &wt; a parfecte herte dyd kynge Iosias ordre all his workes, before þe; Lord, ∧ the thynges þt; were wrytt&ebar; of hym in tymes past, c&obar;cernyng those that synned ∧ were vngodly agaynst þe; Lord before all people, ∧ that sought not þe; worde of þe; Lord vpon Israel. ^noteAfter al these actes of kyng Iosias, Pharao þe; kyng of Egypte w&ebar;t vp and came towarde Carmis by Euphrates, ∧ Iosias went to mete hym. Then sent the kyng of Egypte vnto Iosias saying: what haue I to do &wt; the, O kyng of Iuda? I am not sent of þe; Lord to fyght agaynst the, for my warre is vpon Euphrates, go thou thy waye home agayne in all þe; haste. And Iosias wolde not turne agayne vpon hys charet, D    but vndertoke to fyght agaynst hym, ∧ herkened not vnto þe; worde of the prophet, which he tolde him out of þe; mouth of God, but pytched a battayll agaynst hym in the felde of Mageddo. And þe; pr&ibar;ces preassed to kyng Iosias. Then sayde þe; kyng vnto his seruauntes. Cary me awaye out of the battayll, for I am sore wounded. And immediatly his seruauntes toke him awaye out of the front of the battayll. Then sat he vp vpon þe; sec&obar;de charett, came to Ierusalem, dyed, ∧ was buryed in his fathers sepulcre. And in al Iewry they mourned for Iosias, yee the rulers also &wt; theyr wyues made lam&ebar;tacion for hym vnto this daye. And this was done euer styll in Israel.

These thynges are wrytten in the boke of þe; storyes of þe; kynges of Iuda, namely, all the actes and worckes of kynge Iosias, his kyngly power ∧ maiesty, his vnderstandyng in the lawe of God, ∧ what he dyd, yee thynges which are not wrytten in the boke

of þe; kynges of Israel ∧ Iuda. ^noteAnd þe; people toke Iechomas the sonne of Iosias and made hym kynge in steade of Iosias his father, when he was .xxxiii. yeare olde. E   And he raygned ouer Israel thre monethes. And the kyng of Egypte put him downe, that he shuld not raygne in Ierusalem, ∧ raysed vp a taxe of þe; people: namely, an .C. tal&ebar;tes of syluer ∧ one talent of golde. The kynge of Egypt also made Ioachim his brother kyng of Iuda ∧ Ierusalem. As for them of þe; kynges co&ubar;cell &wt; the kyng him selfe ∧ Zaraceles his brother, he toke them, ∧ caryed them awaye presoners into Egypt. Fyue ∧ tw&ebar;tie yeare olde was Ioachim, when he was made kyng in þe; l&abar;de of Iuda ∧ Ierusalem, and he dyd euell before the Lord. After this, ^note Nabuchodonosor þe; kyng of Babyl&obar; came vp, ∧ bounde him with b&abar;des of yron, ∧ caryed hym vnto Babylon. Nabuchodonosor also toke all þe; vessels þt; were halowed in þe; t&ebar;ple of þe; Lord, ∧ all the Iewels, ∧ caryed them vnto Babylon, ∧ brought them in to his awne temple at Babylon. Of his vncl&ebar;nes ∧ vngodlynes, it is wrytten &ibar; the boke of þe; actes of þe; kynges. And Ioachim his sonne raygned in his steade. F   He was made kyng beynge .xviii. yeare olde, and raygued but thre monethes ∧ .x. dayes in Ierusalem, ∧ dyd euell before þe; Lord. So after a yeare, Nabuchodonosor sent ∧ caused him to be brought vnto Babylon with þe; holy vessels of the Lord, ∧ made Sedechias hys brother kyng of Iuda ∧ Ierusalem, wh&ebar; he was .xxi. yeare olde: ∧ he raygned .xi. yeare.

And he dyd euell also in the syght of the Lorde, ∧ cared not for þe; wordes þt; were spoken vnto him ^note by the prophet Ieremy at the mouth of þe; Lord. And where he had made an othe vnto kyng Nabuchodonosor, he forswore him selfe, ∧ fel from hym hauyng a styfneck ∧ a hert, ∧ transgressed all þe; statutes and ordynaunces of þe; Lorde God of Israel. The rulers also ∧ heades of the people of þe; Lord dyd moch euell, ∧ became vngodly, more then the Heathen, beynge defyled in all maner of abhominaci&obar;s. Yee ∧ defiled þe; holy t&ebar;ple of þe; Lorde at Ierusalem. And the God of theyr fathers sent his messa&ubar;gers vnto th&ebar;, to turne them backe ∧ to call them agayne from theyr synnes: for he wolde fayne haue spared them for his holy tabernacles sake. G   Neuertheles, they had his messaungers in derysyon: ∧ loke what God spake vnto th&ebar; by hys prophetes, they made but a sporte of it. This drew on so l&obar;ge, tyll þe; Lord was wroth &wt; his people for theyr vngodlynes, ∧ tyll he caused the kynges of the Caldees to come vp, which slew theyr y&obar;ge men &wt; the swerde, yee euen &ibar; the c&obar;passe of their holy t&ebar;ple, ∧ spared no body, nether yonge ner olde, nether mayden ner yonge man: but they were all delyuered into the power of the kynges of the Caldees, ∧ all the holy vessels of the Lorde ∧ the kynges treasures toke they, ∧ caryed them vnto Babylon. ^noteAs for the house of the Lorde, they went vp in to it, ∧ brent it, ∧ brake downe þe; walles of Ierusalem, set fyre vpon her towres, destroyed all her noble buyldinges ∧ brought them to naught, and the people that were not slayne with þe; swerde they caryed vnto Babylon.

Thus became they presoners and bonde men of þe; kynge of Babylon, tyll they were delyuered ∧ raygned for them selues, ^note wh&ebar; þe; wordes of þe; Lorde were fulfylled, whych he promysed them by the mouth of the prophet Ieremy, and tyll the l&abar;de had her rest: namely, all the tyme that it laye wayst, had it rest and quyetnes .lxxvii. yeares.

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